Comparison between 2016 surgical strike and Balakot air strike

This image made out of Google Maps locates Balakot town in Mansehra district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan.

On Tuesday, the India Air Force conducted air strike on a Jaish-e-Mohammad terror training camp in Pakistan’s Balakot, by crossing the Line of Control. The air strikes remind us of the surgical strike conducted by the Indian Army on September 27, 2016.

Here is a comparison between 2016 surgical strike and Balakot air strike

	2016 surgical strike	2019 air strike
Precursor	Uri terror attack, 19 Army soldiers killed	Pulwama terror attack, 40 CRPF killed
Modus Operandi	Four terrorists sneaked into Army base	Suicide bomber hit convoy in a car laden with explosives
Claimed by	Investigations revealed that terrorists belonged to Jaish-e-Mohammed tanzeem	JeM claimed responsibility soon after the attack
Terror time	11 days	12 days
Indian response	Ground based surgical strike	Aerial precision strike
Resource employed	Army Para Special Forces	Mirage-2000 fighters with precision guided munitions
Announced by	DGMO Lt Gen Ranbir Singh	Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale
Target area	Pakistan Occupied Kashmir	Pakistan
Target	Terrorist launch pads along	Major terrorist training camp
Pakistan response	Total denial	Confirmed ingress at Balakot, but denied any damage
Indian statement	“Based on very credible and specific information which we received yesterday that some terrorist teams had positioned themselves at launch pads along the LoC… the Indian army conducted surgical strikes last night at these launch pads.	Credible intelligence was received that JeM was attempting another suicide terror attack in various parts of the country... In the face of imminent danger, a preemptive strike became absolutely necessary. In an intelligence led operation in the early hours of today, India struck the biggest training camp of JeM in Balakot.
Indian line	“The operations aimed at neutralizing the terrorists have since ceased. We do not have any plans for continuation of further operations.”	“...this non-military preemptive action was specifically targeted at the JeM camp.”